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Sunset on the North Face of Mount Denali as captured from a small plane. The face is called the Wickersham Wall in honor of the leader of the 1906 summit attempt.
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Sunset colors bathe Pioneer Ridge on the east edge of the Wickersham Wall, Mount Denali, The ridge named for pioneer climbers is a challenging climbing route on the north side of the mountain
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Just at sunset, a full moon rises above the Alaska Range Mountains bathed in alpenglow. Alpenglow is the colored light that filters through the atmosphere late and early in the day
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During an autumnal rutting battle, two prime bull moose locked their antlers together and were unable to break apart. How long it took the struggling animals to die is undetermined. Perhaps the bulls died of exhaustion,
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On an early September day, a bull caribou forages the open tundra, Mount Denali in the distance. Bull caribou shed the velvet covering from their antlers in late August
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As a rainstorm passed, revealing the Alaska Range and Mount Denali, a cow moose emerged from the taiga and began to feed in the tranquil waters.
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Mount Denali, viewed above caribou antlers near the Eielson Visitor Center. Bull caribou shed their antlers every year, but this complete set was recovered from a wolf kill.
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Morning light breaks through the clouds and traces Pioneer Ridge on Mount Denali, North America's highest peak. Pioneer climbers seeking the summit attempted this ridge
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Summer rains are common in the Alaska Range Mountains and over the surrounding tundra and taiga. A storm began to break up at 10pm and the sunlight broke through.
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A rainbow from a summer storm reflected in Nugget Pond, Denali National Park, Alaska. Many rainbows are fleeting but this intense rainbow lasted fully an hour and formed a double arc.
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Mount Denali reflected at dawn in a small pond above the Jumbo Creek drainage. When autumn colors reach their peak, winter will not be far behind, then Denali's perpetual snows will be re-born.
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In Alaska, dawn etches the summit of Mount Denali and neighboring ridges. The snow never leaves the heights above 7,500', the glaciers and exposed rock outcrops accumulating fresh snow at any time of the year.
